The United States (U.S) has told Asian partners it is prepared to expand exports of oil, gas and nuclear technology to meet rapidly growing regional demand, while stressing that infrastructure bottlenecks remain the biggest obstacle to faster trade.
Addressing journalists at a virtual press briefing on Monday, September 14th, 2026, the Deputy Secretary of Energy, James P. Danly spoke from Bangkok, where he was attending the Gastech conference. He said Washington was pursuing President Trump’s energy dominance agenda of affordable, reliable and secure supplies, increased domestic production and greater exports to friends and allies.
Danly said the United States is the world’s largest oil and gas exporter and that American LNG shipments have already doubled and are expected to double again. He noted that Washington authorised an additional 17 billion cubic feet of LNG exports last year and planned to approve further volumes.
Taiwan, he said, had signed a long-term LNG contract with Cheniere this year and would continue importing U.S. energy on commercial terms. Japan remained a key partner, with a Quad Fuel Security Forum taking place in Texas this week to address supply risks, including those associated with the Strait of Hormuz.
On Indonesia’s plan for 100 gigawatts of solar capacity, Danly cautioned that actual output would be significantly lower and that countries experiencing rapidly rising electricity demand would still require dispatchable baseload power. He said the United States wanted to provide both fuel and technology for that purpose.
Vietnam and other buyers, he added, would require more import terminals, regasification capacity and pipelines before they could receive larger volumes of U.S. LNG.
Danly also promoted U.S. nuclear technology and the Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission, which uses artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific research. Japan was the first country to join the programme.
“The United States is open for business and we want to be a partner to the region,” he said.
